Monitoring app usage data

Apigee App Monitoring lets developers dig into the “what” and “where” of an application error or performance glitch by providing tools to view and analyze app usage metrics, allowing them to better isolate and fix the source of a problem. For example, you can compare the number of active sessions and users for your app over time, or view how long (on average) users are using your application.

Enabling app usage monitoring

Apigee App Monitoring automatically starts monitoring app usage data when you initialize the App Services SDK for iOS, Android and Javascript. For more information on installing the App Services SDK in your app, see the following:

Viewing app usage data

In the App Services admin portal, you can track trends visually in graphs and drill down to see in-depth data. With this information, you can then diagnose the root cause of an error or eliminate performance bottlenecks to improve the user experience of your app.

To display app usage data for your app, select 'Monitoring' in the main menu of the App Services admin portal, then select 'App Usage'. The following usage data for your app will be displayed:

A graph that plots session data for given points in time during a specified time period.

Metrics for carious categories of session data over the time period.

A table that lists the raw session data over the time period.

Network performance view

What it displays

Overview

Total app usage for all carriers, network types, platforms, and OS versions.

By App Versions

Data for each version number of your app.

By Config Overrides

Data by App Services configuration override (AB testing).

By Platforms

Data by device platform, such as iOS and Android.

By OS Versions

Data by the OS version being run on the device.

By Device Model

Data by the model of device used to access your app.

Displaying a time comparison

You can also display a view that compares app usage data for the currently selected time period with the same period yesterday or last week. This is useful for identifying usage types that are changing over time.

To view a time comparison, click the 'Compare last week' or 'Compare yesterday' button above the graph.